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Ok i jus bought my first ford, an 89 F-150 with 302 V8, it is a nice truck but a few things are messed up
1. the A/c Dosen't work, i think itis just out of freon the compressor is not locked up.
2. It needs a new transmission, the pan says Automatic Overdrive in script style writing, and Metric in big block letters. anyone know what tranny it is? my dad thinks E40D and my brother in law thinks AOD, i have no clue.
3. I want MORE POWER after i get the trans sorted out this wil be my list of mods i want to preform:
Edlebrock Intake(upper an lower)
Headers, and dual exhaust
edlebrock 61mm Throttle bodies
Cam(not sure which one will work best)
Chip upgrade
Trans shift kit
also is my 302 a roller cam or not? and which cam should i use, i want more low-mid range power. Thanks in advance Justin
1. the A/c Dosen't work, i think itis just out of freon the compressor is not locked up.
2. It needs a new transmission, the pan says Automatic Overdrive in script style writing, and Metric in big block letters. anyone know what tranny it is? my dad thinks E40D and my brother in law thinks AOD, i have no clue.
3. I want MORE POWER after i get the trans sorted out this wil be my list of mods i want to preform:
Edlebrock Intake(upper an lower)
Headers, and dual exhaust
edlebrock 61mm Throttle bodies
Cam(not sure which one will work best)
Chip upgrade
Trans shift kit
also is my 302 a roller cam or not? and which cam should i use, i want more low-mid range power. Thanks in advance Justin
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First off your A/C system may be savable but it will be very costly if you take it to a garage, it most likely will have a leak somewhere in the system. If you do take it to a garage make sure they now what there doing. If they do something wrong it may cause instant "death" and you may not be able to run your engine at all, and you will have to buy a new compressor, which is very expensive.
I think your brother in law is right. Does it have a button at the end of the shifter ****? Which is for the electronic overdrive, if so it may be the E40D or AOD-E. If not is The AOD.
I have installed a B&M shift kit in my E4OD and it really made a difference in the shifting and drivability is allot better.
The power upgrades sound good to me, if you have the money, and MORE POWER is better in my book.
Your cam and lifters are not a roller they only put those in 1993-1995 5.0 engines
I think your brother in law is right. Does it have a button at the end of the shifter ****? Which is for the electronic overdrive, if so it may be the E40D or AOD-E. If not is The AOD.
I have installed a B&M shift kit in my E4OD and it really made a difference in the shifting and drivability is allot better.
The power upgrades sound good to me, if you have the money, and MORE POWER is better in my book.
Your cam and lifters are not a roller they only put those in 1993-1995 5.0 engines
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The cam I would recommend is the Crane Compucam. It is for more midrange hp and tq. It should also work with your stock computer and other mods you have mentioned.
Your transmission is probably the aod, unless their is an overdrive cancel switch on the lower lefthand side of the dash. If it has the cancel switch it is the e4od.
Your transmission is probably the aod, unless their is an overdrive cancel switch on the lower lefthand side of the dash. If it has the cancel switch it is the e4od.
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I am not sure,
I would guess you just swap them. The stang engine will not have as much torque as the truck engine but it may have more horse power, you could get a truck camshaft from comp cams or something, and swap it in while you have the engine out and intake and heads off.
I would guess you just swap them. The stang engine will not have as much torque as the truck engine but it may have more horse power, you could get a truck camshaft from comp cams or something, and swap it in while you have the engine out and intake and heads off.
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Well first of all I would no recomend any upgrades to the engine until a Mass Air Conversion is done. Most upgrades done to the stock non-Mass air engines usually will only make the engine run worse with less gas mileage. Your truck is a speed density engine which does not compensate for any upgrades that are done.....
1988 Ford F250 4x4, 5.0 liter (soon to be Roller 5.0), Mass Air Conversion, Rebuilt AOD tranny, 2.5 Dual exhaust, Headman Shortyheaders, 33" BFG's Mud Terrain, 4.11 gears.
1980 Ford F100, with 1988 5.0L Roller (carburated), T-5 five speed Borg Warner World Class Transmission, 31 spline 9" 3.73 posi , and a bunch more!! 13.78 quarter mile.
1988 Ford F250 4x4, 5.0 liter (soon to be Roller 5.0), Mass Air Conversion, Rebuilt AOD tranny, 2.5 Dual exhaust, Headman Shortyheaders, 33" BFG's Mud Terrain, 4.11 gears.
1980 Ford F100, with 1988 5.0L Roller (carburated), T-5 five speed Borg Warner World Class Transmission, 31 spline 9" 3.73 posi , and a bunch more!! 13.78 quarter mile.
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for the mustang engine, everything should bolt right on and the mustang would have MORE torque not less. i know this by experience, i have an 89 f150 with mustang cams, injectors, headers, MAF, and programming chip. and the tranny would be an AOD.
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